Shoot, I just wasted a bunch of words on "really" and "very" before reading your middle paragraph here. But it helped me procrastinate when I should be working on my own writing.

Others have covered the whole passage better, but the sentence that annoys me the most is, "He really is very, very good looking." "Really" and "very" are two words that should be avoided. They're intended as intensifiers, but in practice they rarely add any information (especially on something as undefined as "good…

Philip's hair and glasses were exactly my dad's from that time. …Yeah, he's half of a dork-couple.

Did the wig/costume team get a picture of my dad for Philip's open house getup? That was exactly his hair and glasses in 1983 (though Philip had a much better coat than my dad's ever worn).

I'm glad you're referring to Odenkirk's character as Jimmy, but I wonder how long it's going to take me to look at him and not think of him as Saul. Looking through the comments, it's going to be a hard habit for a lot of people to break.

My husband can't stand the sound or thought of breaking bones. (He was feverish when he saw the Joe Theismann break replayed over and over, which scarred him for life.) When it was clear that it was going to be more than a few seconds, we had to mute it and he covered his eyes until I gave him the all clear. This was…

Because Leslie and Ben needed to call someone named Jen.

I love that it was a joke within a joke. Why is Leslie even singing the song? They're trying to reach someone named Jen.

Only read them if you have a thorough knowledge of Star Trek: The Next Generation, otherwise you'll miss most of the humor. Each PnR character is assigned a Star Trek character, and they've stayed consistent from the beginning, which has led to some interesting developments (Data (Ben) marrying Crusher (Leslie),…

Walt poisoning Brock to manipulate Jesse was the moral event horizon for me. He was already a villain, but that was the point where he crossed over into downright inhuman.

I love how Elizabeth scans the pool and sees all the (American) parents gently guiding their children along. You could see her thinking, "My kid isn't going to be that weak!"

Look to an earlier thread on this board. Her mother has a touching reminiscence before dropping the cancer bomb.

I notice that at least one of the questions ("What have you done so far today?") was one of the extra questions from an interviewee last year. It's a great question: it has a clear answer that the interviewee doesn't have to think too hard about, it usually leads to a long answer, and it provides insight into the…

My husband and I had just moved halfway across the country and were living in an RV parked in his aunt's driveway until we could get established. I am grateful to his aunt for taking us in, but living with her gave me a close-up view of the American Evangelical Christian lifestyle which pretty much put me off religion…

Desmond and Molly Jones have already made it by the end of the song, but I think their marriage would last into old age. That barrow in the marketplace was well on its way to becoming a multi-generational business, and both Desmond and Molly continued pursuing their interest in music even after having kids. Also,…

Nervous Charger fan here. I'd be a lot less nervous if this game weren't in prime time.

Thought it was just going to be, "Don't caaaaaaare!"

It took far too long for someone to make this reference. @disqus_2kC9kwTnrP:disqus, good for you. Everyone upthread: Shaaaaaaame.

That's what 30Rock did for their live shows. They even changed some of the jokes for the second airing. (That makes me feel slightly better as a West Coast-er; since the East Coast versions are preserved in syndication, I got to see something relatively ephemeral.)

I was in a play version in high school (I played Emily Brent), and the ending we had was ludicrous in how tacked-on it felt.